[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11120: Issue with ABSPATH already defined

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#11120: Issue with ABSPATH already defined
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 Reporter:  ontic         |       Owner:            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.8.5     
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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Comment(by dd32):

 Your method of including wp-load is broken to start with.

 {{{
 $path = rtrim(dirname(dirname(dirname(FILE))), '/').'/';
 }}}

 will not always return the plugin directory, that directory can be moved
 easily.

 If you require wordpress to be loaded, either use admin-ajax.php, admin-
 post.php, or access the frontpage directly, and hook upon 'init' to check
 for your flag being set, and handle the request yourself..

 Theres been a lot of discussion around this recently, and a few tickets
 asking for a ajax front end handler.. (Which i'm in support of), But i'm
 -1 to making it easier for anyone to hook wordpress as such you're
 suggesting for the simple reason that it doesnt always work.. and makes
 things a pain in the bum for those who use that function of WordPress.

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